KAGO Scholarship Funds Construction Training for Unemployed Workers
Botswana does not lack construction sites; it lacks enough hands trained to work them. Buildings rise across Gaborone, Francistown and the regional centres, yet the supply of certified tradespeople — bricklayers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters — runs persistently...
Chad’s stable rating rests on a narrow growth engine
S&P’s B-/B affirmation points to higher hydrocarbon and mining production, infrastructure investment and services—but the same concentration that supports growth also defines the frontier-market risk. Chad’s stable sovereign rating is supported by a growth engine...
Political friction is becoming a regional business risk
Nigeria’s suspension of parliamentary engagements with South Africa shows how political disputes can move quickly into the channels that support trade, investment and cross-border confidence. Nigeria’s decision to suspend official parliamentary engagements with South...
Botswana’s rating problem is still a diamond problem
S&P’s decision to keep Botswana at BBB- with a negative outlook puts the same structural question back on the table: how quickly can the economy reduce its dependence on diamonds? Botswana’s latest sovereign rating does not introduce a new economic problem. It...
Namibia is treating the energy transition as an addition
The country’s energy debate is increasingly about how petroleum and green power coexist, not about choosing one and abandoning the other. Namibia’s energy argument is becoming more practical. Rather than framing petroleum and green energy as mutually exclusive...
Government Orders Safer Learner Transport, Phasing Out Donkey Carts
Botswana’s Ministry of Local Government in February 2026 ordered councils to provide safer learner transport and phase out unsafe donkey-cart use for
Five Steps to Becoming a Cleaning Placement Agent
Most neighbourhoods already have someone who connects households to trusted cleaners. Five steps turn that unpaid role into a structured business.
Before Opening or After Closing: Cleaning Around the Business Day
A salon cannot be mopped mid-appointment; an office cannot be vacuumed mid-meeting. The decision that matters is not who cleans, but when.
Six Ways a Cleaner Builds a Professional Reputation
A cleaner’s reputation is what people say when she is not in the room. Six behaviours build it, one ordinary morning at a time.
MP Pushes ID-Card Travel to Unlock Kazungula Trade
Chobe MP Simasiku Mapulanga urged Botswana to adopt the SADC free-movement protocol for ID-card crossings at Kazungula to unlock trade through the corridor.
Why Local Knowledge Still Matters in a Digital Hiring Market
A database knows a cleaner’s rate and skills; a neighbour knows her character. Botswana’s push to formalise informal work should keep both, not one.
Seven Things a Cleaner Should Put Forward About Her Experience
A woman who has cleaned for a decade often arrives with nothing to prove it. Here are seven things that turn invisible experience into a reason to hire her.
The Women Who Placed Cleaners Long Before the Apps
Before any app, a neighbourhood connector matched cleaners to households and staked her name on it. The role is old, real, and finally being recognised as a business.
Malaria Cases Surge as Residents Shun Indoor Spraying in the North West
Botswana’s North West District logged 38 malaria cases and one death over the 2025-26 rains as 964 residents refused indoor spraying, exposing a coverage gap.
Five Steps for Ending a Cleaning Arrangement Well
Abrupt endings cost both sides more than they save. Five steps, from fair notice to returned keys, that make parting with a cleaner orderly rather than bitter.
A Reference Is Only Worth the Call You Make to It
A reference nobody calls is decoration. What checking one actually establishes, and why it matters more as Botswana pushes to formalise informal work.
Six Ways Live-Out Cleaning Differs From Live-In
Live-in and live-out cleaning look like one job but are two arrangements. Six practical differences that decide which one suits a household and a worker.
The Duties a Cleaner Carries Into Your Home
Botswana’s new labour law spells out what a household owes a cleaner. The other half of the bargain, the duties she carries into the home, is quieter but just as real.
Molopo Farmers Pool Funds for a 200km FMD Barrier
Molopo River farmers pooled funds in late January 2026 for a 200km FMD barrier fence to block disease from South Africa and protect Botswana’s EU beef markets.
Eight Questions That Turn a Reference Call Into Evidence
Reference checking needs substance, not ceremonial phone calls. Eight questions that turn a former employer’s goodwill into evidence you can actually use.
From Strategic Thought To Decisive Action.
Moakanyi reports the market. The wider Cabanga ecosystem
helps you lead it — media, infrastructure and growth, one system.
Intelligence
Business media across Africa’s real economy.
Infrastructure
Websites engineered as your headquarters.
Growth
Marketing that turns visibility into revenue.
04
ACADEMY
The Digital Navigator Certification.